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Early spring bulbs!

Thea2Thea2 Posts: 14
in Problem solving
Hello all  :)
my spring bulbs are coming out early in my pots & I'm worried if we have a frost or snow shower they’ll be killed off! 
Should I be worried? 😬 
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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    No.  This is the normal time of year for them to be in flower and they'll cope, as long as their pots don't get blown over in random storms.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Thea2Thea2 Posts: 14
    Hi, it says March/April on the packets 😬 I’m in the UK.. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It's been a mild winter and soil in pots warms up faster than soil in the ground so they start earlier.  They'll still be fine unless you get a biblical dump of snow or a sudden freeze below -15C or they get blown about and smashed.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Thea2Thea2 Posts: 14
    Ok 👍🏻 Thankyou! 
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    "spring bulbs" is vague. Could you please be more specific ?
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Is it worth supporting daffs and crocus with the storm about to hit on Sunday, or will they still snap against the support anyway?
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    My new species tulips (planted in the ground) are growing away strongly and don’t look far off producing flower stems, which seems pretty early. However, no sign of the potted crocus or dwarf daffs. It’s been an unusually mild winter here too, so far. Some frost but nothing like the usual lows of -7/8.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    @Tin pot I'm afraid there is nothing you can do against the elements. Just wait and see. ;)
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If they are March/April bulbs they may have been planted a bit too shallow. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I find that they flower when they should regardless of the weather, the early ones are now up, the later ones no sign as yet.   There’s some in full bloom in the village,  they always are at this time of the year whether we’ve been covered with snow or had a warm one. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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